The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
By C. B. Zakarian · Updated July 29, 2026
The Denver Broncos enter 2026 off a 14–3 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 148–141 in 2025 (a .512 strength of schedule, 15 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +3 days (12 of 32), with week 7 (+3), week 9 (-3), week 11 (+7), week 14 (-7); the bye falls in week 10, they play 1 Thursday game, and 2 of their final four games are divisional. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 14 | at Kansas City Chiefs | — | DIV Mon | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | -1 | — | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Los Angeles Rams | +1 | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at San Francisco 49ers | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | at Los Angeles Chargers | — | DIV | — |
| 6 | Oct 15 | vs Seattle Seahawks | — | Thu | — |
| 7 | Oct 25 | at Arizona Cardinals | +3 | — | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | vs Kansas City Chiefs | — | DIV | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | at Carolina Panthers | -3 | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | vs Las Vegas Raiders | +7 | DIV | — |
| 12 | Nov 27 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | — | Fri | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | vs Miami Dolphins | +2 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | at New York Jets | -7 | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | at Las Vegas Raiders | — | DIV | — |
| 16 | Dec 25 | vs Buffalo Bills | -1 | Fri | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | at New England Patriots | +2 | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs Los Angeles Chargers | — | DIV | — |
Final record 14–3, 401 points scored against 311 allowed (+90). Home 8–1, road 6–2. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 11–2 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in our game log the franchise is 237–200 (.542). Best season in the window: 2025 (14–3); leanest: 2010 (4–12). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (DEN), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved July 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.